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27.05.2015 - (Economic Daily, (vtr)) Being a top footballer pays off. And being a player for the French club Paris Saint-Germain, owned by Qatari sheikh Hamad Al-Thani, pays off the most.
The average hourly wage of his team’s players is just over $1,000...
27.05.2015 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) The most lucrative paychecks in sport do not go to athletes in elite overseas leagues like the NHL in hockey or the NBA in basketball, nor even to footballers in the richest league in the world – the English Premier L...
23.03.2015 - (Radio Slovensko, Jaroslav Barborak) Is the solution for Slovak sport only to leave and represent another country? The issue was raised by the case of the Žampa brothers, alpine skiers. They complain that despite great results — for example, 5th and 6th ...
23.03.2015 - (Radio Slovensko, Michal Katuska) Funding for athletes cannot be based on the needs of individuals but on the public interest, says sports analyst Jozef Tokos. “If someone presents a need of 400,000 euros and has no other solution but to leave and rep...
20.03.2015 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Clubs from the world’s richest competition, the Premier League, are out of Europe. Money did not help the Sheikh or Abramovich.
Russian billionaire and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, his compatriot and Arsenal co-...
12.03.2015 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) The Spanish giant is the world’s number one in developing talent. Its homegrown players are worth €307 million.
Real Madrid paid nearly €200 million for the star duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. The astronomi...
06.03.2015 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) He increased revenue and got rid of overpaid players. That is also why the team of American businessman John Henry ended up in the black.
“We will never put the club into the precarious situation it was in when we ...
05.03.2015 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Eastern clubs paid only €6 million for new signings this winter — saving money due to the collapse of the economy and the ruble.
Russian football clubs have returned to the start of this millennium — at least in te...
04.03.2015 - (Dennik N, Lukas Vrablik) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, stadiums and club coffers in Russia were empty. Over the past ten years, oligarchs have been splashing their wallets, and thanks to the purchase of foreign stars, the league has...
27.02.2015 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Slovak goalkeeper Pavol Bajza landed a lucrative spot in Italy. Today, his club is on the brink of bankruptcy
Talented Slovak goalkeeper Pavol Bajza fulfilled his dream. From second-division Dubnica, he m...
